Let's Talk About Texts! Creators & Guests

Kara Klenk is a stand up comic, writer, and actor who was recently named by Time Out New York as one of the Top 10 Funniest Women in NYC. She has appeared on several cable channels and websites and has written for Nickelodeon, MTV, TVLand, and Comedy Central. She also produces/hosts a long-running stand up show, If You Build It, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC and LA.

Megan Gailey has performed on The Conan O’Brien Show, and has a Comedy Central Half Hour Special premiering in 2018.Megan was part of the 2015 New Faces show at the Just For Laughs Festival and was a featured performer at SXSW, Bridgetown Comedy Festival and a writer for the 2017 ESPYS.She can currently be seen touring all over the country and in a national commercial for Blue Diamond Almonds. She has finally performed alongside enough famous people that her older brothers no longer hate her.

Joel Kim Booster is a comedian, actor, and writer. He gained widespread attention with his stand-up comedy, exploring themes of identity, race, and sexuality, notably showcased in his Netflix special Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (2022). As an actor, Booster starred in and co-wrote Fire Island (2022), a critically acclaimed rom-com adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, focusing on queer Asian-American experiences. In television, he is recognized for his roles in Sunnyside and The Other Two.

Esther Povitsky is an actress, comedian, writer, and producer.

Eliza Skinner is originally from Richmond, VA and started her performing career as an unnamed child revolutionary in a production of Evita. She is now a stand-up comedian and has appeared on The Pete Holmes Show, @Midnight, Chelsea Lately, Upload with Shaquille O’Neal, MTV, Showtime, AMC and the BBC. In his Reddit AMA, Patton Oswalt called her one of his favorite up-and-coming comedians. Last fall, Eliza was a writer and correspondent on Totally Biased (produced by Chris Rock), and her Funny Or Die videos have been retweeted by President Obama (seriously.) She is a regular performer at the UCB in LA and NYC, and this year she was selected to be one of the “New Faces Of Comedy” at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival.

Comedian. Writer (Shrill, High Fidelity, Crashing, Adam Ruins Everything, Spongebob). Host of KCRW’s Lost Notes.